189 Ms McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her commitment to introduce legislation on post-mortems and organ removal, which she made on the publication of the Madden report, she will introduce legislation on organ transplant procedures; her views on the need for new and specific legislation in this area; if the reports published in 1987 by the transplant liaison committee still provide a useful starting point in this regard; if the absence of clear statutory rules in relation to issues such as property in a human corpse and the authorisation to remove organs is impeding the flow of donations and the number of transplants that could be performed; her further views on an opt-out, as opposed to an opt-in system in relation to consent to organ donation after death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4539/06]

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189 Ms McManus asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children further to her commitment to introduce legislation on post-mortems and organ removal, which she made on the publication of the Madden report, she will introduce legislation on organ transplant procedures; her views on the need for new and specific legislation in this area; if the reports published in 1987 by the transplant liaison committee still provide a useful starting point in this regard; if the absence of clear statutory rules in relation to issues such as property in a human corpse and the authorisation to remove organs is impeding the flow of donations and the number of transplants that could be performed; her further views on an opt-out, as opposed to an opt-in system in relation to consent to organ donation after death; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4539/06]

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